''Desire'' ( cs, Touha) is a 1958 Czech
anthology film
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directed by
Vojtěch Jasný. It was entered into the
1959 Cannes Film Festival
The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from 30 April to 15 May 1959. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Orfeu Negro'' by Marcel Camus. The festival opened with '' Les Quatre Cents Coups'', directed by François Truffaut and closed with ''The Diary of An ...
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The film consists of four stories – ''About a Boy Who Searched for the End of the World'', ''People on Earth and Stars in the Skies'', ''Anděla'' and ''Mum''
Cast
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Jan Jakeš
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as Joska Malina
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Václav Babka as Joska's father
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Věra Bublíková as Joska's mother
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Vlastimil Brodský as Novosad
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Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová (born 20 January 1940) is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1953. She was married to director Miloš Forman and later actor Vlastimil Brodský. Her younger sister Hana is also an actress who has ...
as Lenka
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Jiří Vala as Jan
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František Vnouček
František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:
*Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter
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as Lenka's father
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Otto Šimánek
Otto Šimánek (28 April 1925 – 8 May 1992) was a Czechoslovak actor. Šimánek worked at the Prague City Theater. He also taught mime at the Prague Conservatory
The Prague Conservatory or Prague Conservatoire ( cs, Pražská konzervat ...
as Brother-in-law
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Eva Blažková
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as Tonča
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Věra Tichánková
Věra Tichánková (7 December 1920 – 9 January 2014) was a Czech actress, whose career spanned over seven decades.
Věra Tichánková died on 9 January 2014, aged 93, in Prague, Czech Republic
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as Anděla
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Václav Lohniský as Michal
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Zdeněk Kutil
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as Pavelka
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Vladimír Brabec
Vladimír Brabec (15 May 1934 in Prague – 1 September 2017 in Nová Ves pod Pleší) was a Czech actor.
Selected filmography
*''Revolucni rok 1848'' (1949) - Student
*''Krízová trojka'' (1952) - Boy
*''Velké dobrodruzství'' (1952) - Cerv ...
as Municipal office employee
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Vladimír Menšík as Combine driver
References
External links
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1958 films
Czech anthology films
1950s Czech-language films
Czechoslovak black-and-white films
Films directed by Vojtěch Jasný
1950s Czech films
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